September 27, 2007

Rookie of the Week — Kim Standridge

By | September 27, 2007

The women’s cross country team has a only had two meets so far, but that is all freshman Kim Standridge has needed to assert her place as a big contributor.
In its first meet of the season, Army traveled to East Hill for a 5K race. The Black Knights lost 18-43, but it was the effort by Standridge that stood out. She finished the course in 18:36.6 — not much more than six minutes per mile and a new school record.
Two weeks later, competing in a 19-team field, Standridge again led the Red, placing eigth overall and the fifth highest among collegiate competitors. Standridge finished the 6K race in 22:15.9.

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Hosting its own tournament at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, the Red had to settle with a third place finish in a field of sixteen.
Sophomore Robert Cronheim had the best individual finish for Cornell, placing sixth among the field.
At the end of the first day’s play, the Red entered at plus-10 — three shots behind Bucknell and 10 shots ahead of Dartmouth. At that time, Longwood and St. Bonaventure sat at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively.
St. Bonaventure would end up winning the Cornell Invite with a final team score of 878. Longwood trailed right behind with a total score of 885. Cornell’s final was right behind with a total of 889.

The men’s tennis team met expectations this weekend at the ECAC Men’s Tennis Invitational. It just didn’t exceed them. Ninth-seeded Cornell came in exactly the place it was supposed to: ninth. The Red fell to Dartmouth on Friday, but prevailed against St. Joseph’s on Saturday and Boston College on Sunday.
“It would have been nice to do a little better,” said coach Barry Schoonmaker. “But at least we didn’t go down.”
The team went into the weekend feeling good about its chances, but was disappointed after falling eight-seeded Dartmouth on the first day of play, 5-2.